Ungoverned Spaces: Alternatives to State Authority in an Era of Softened Sovereignty, Anne L. Clunan, Harold A. Trinkunas, Stanford University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8047-7013-2, ... Pashtunwali translates as 'the way of the Pashtuns.' First and foremost, it is about honor, or nang ... Action that must be taken to preserve nang but contradicts or breaks the laws of a state would seem perfectly acceptable to a Pashtun ...